Improved carriage-ccthtain button



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ALONZO GOMSTOOK AND JAMES H. NICHOLSON, OF UHIOOPEE, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 103,985, dated June 7, 1870.

IMPROVED CARRIAGE-CURTAIN BUTTON.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Anoxzo COMSTOUK and James H.N1ouonsos, both of Ghicopee, Hampden county, and State of Massachusetts, have invented-anew and useful Improved Carriage-Button; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon. i

In the drawing- Figure I is a top view,

Figure II a detail view,

Figure III a. side view,

Figure IV a detail sectional view, and

, Figure V a sectional view of our-device.

Our device consists of an arrangement whereby the curtains oi carriages may be fastened securely without tearing, ovexstretching, and without the use of button-holes.

In construction we form our device of two parts, the one A. being fastened to the lower curtain or car riagerpost, and the other 13 being attached to the outer curtain to be buttoned down.

The part -A is formed with a post, G, having near its top a single quick-thread, D.

It is generally fastened to the curtain by means of two plates, a bottom plate, E, forming part of the post, and a back plate, F, placed on the other side of the curtain, rivets or screws a being put through the whole, as shown in fig. V.

The part B is formed of a button or knob, G, with a socket inside, at H, for the post 0 to enter into.

1t has threads to correspond with those on the post 0, at its neck, which is made, narrowerthau the part above, a shoulder, I, being formed above the threads, so that, when the knob is screwed over the post, until the threads on the latter have protruded inward past the threads in the neck of the knob, the two parts are held together, and the knob is free to turn.

The knob is fastened to the curtain by means of an upper plate, I), which forms a socket for the lower beveled part of the knob, and an under plate, 0, which enables the whole to he riveted to the curtain by rivets d and (Z.

A hole, K, is made through both lower plate and leather, so as to allow the post to be put through, as

7 shown in section at fig. IV.

The operation of this is to simply put the knob over the post, and turn the formeruntil the threads have passed, when the parts stay together securely, and hold the curtain to which they are attached. They aregenerally so constructed that only one turn is necessary to pass the threads and attach them.

By this meanswe obtain a simple and perfect de' rice for the purpose, easily handled in the coldest weather, when the job of huttoning would be nearly imposible. There are also no button-holes to tear out.

Now, having described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the two parts A and 13, constructed withknoh and post, and single quick-thread, the parts beingarranged and operating substantially 'as and for the purpose set forth.

ALONZO OOMSTOGK. JAMES H. NICHOLSON.

Witnesses E. H. HYDE, O. K. Wrnoox. 

